Summary:
The McGehee School District in Arkansas has only one elementary school, McGehee Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. The school has faced declining performance in recent years, with its statewide ranking dropping from 171 out of 492 Arkansas elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 305 out of 495 in 2024-2025, and its SchoolDigger rating decreasing from 3 stars to 2 stars.
McGehee Elementary School's proficiency rates in core subjects are generally below the state averages, with the exception of Mathematics, where the school's proficiency rate is slightly higher than the state average. However, the school's proficiency rate in Science is significantly lower than the state average, with only 23.7% of students proficient or better in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 38.1%. The school also has a high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, at 117.36% in 2023-2024, indicating a predominantly low-income student population.
Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11.9, which is slightly lower than the state average, and its higher-than-average per-student spending of $10,010 for the 2018-2019 school year, McGehee Elementary School continues to struggle academically. The school district may need to implement targeted interventions, allocate additional resources, and explore strategies to improve the school's outcomes and better support its students.
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